Often criticised as being purely aesthetic, Senaka Senanayake’s positive paintings are by no means emotionally inert
A healer of ruins, he has steered the discourse on conservation away from the colonial model of keeping sites fenced in
Conservationist Vivek Menon on charismatic mammals, environmental awareness and the urgent need for land securement
Behind the face-off between the wildlife tourism lobby and the Ministry of Environment and Forests lies a network of hidden interests that exercises monopoly power and prospers on hypocrisy and corruption. More than stricter regulations, it’s time for transparency
The latest death of a translocated tiger reiterates how Sariska continues to stand for everything that could have gone wrong with conservation in India.
Animal welfare is not conservation. That is why our emotional meddling, however well intentioned, poses a menace to wildlife
Barring a few exceptions, the mandate and money meant to free the country’s finest tiger forests of human settlements is going waste in the absence of practical, transparent and sensitive groundwork.